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AwoX Wireless Music Playing LED Bulbs Now Available in the U.S.

AwoX, a company based in Montpellier, France is expanding its collection of connected solutions to the U.S. with the StriimLight B-10. This LED light bulb features an integrated Bluetooth speaker that makes it easy to play digital music throughout your home for a simple “smart home” upgrade. The AwoX StriimLight offers an affordable solution to achieve your wireless audio goals. AwoX StriimLight and the full AwoX Striim collection will be on display at LVCC, South Hall 3 – 31658 at the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show, Jan. 7-10.

The long life, energy efficient bulb screws into existing lamp sockets and connects to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as smartphones, laptops and tablets. Once paired to the StriimLight, use your Bluetooth-enabled device to stream music and control your tracks. Use the included IR remote control to turn the light on and off and adjust the volume of your music. The quick set up makes it easy for anyone to integrate sound anywhere there’s a light: no pulling wires, no changes to decor. Just screw-in, flick the switch, and play the music of your choice with crisp clear sound anywhere you can place a light fixture. Best of all, StriimLight’s unobtrusive design makes it easy to add music to rooms where space is scarce, such as bathrooms and kitchens.

“The AwoX Striim brand makes connecting things in the home simple,” said Alain Molinie, CEO of AwoX. “We made our products affordable and accessible so everyone can enjoy the benefits of a connected home, without having to completely replace their existing equipment.”

The AwoX StriimLight

Specs:

Lighting: LED, 8W (40W incandescent equivalent), 110-240v, fits medium base (E26)
Color temperature: warm white (3000k).
Speaker: 10 Watts, 200Hz-20KHz
The AwoX StriimLight will be available in January 2014 for US$ 99. The full AwoX Striim collection will be unveiled during 2014 CES in Las Vegas.

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DOE Announces $10 Million to Advance Innovative, Energy-Saving Lighting Technologies

As part of cutting energy waste and doubling energy productivity by 2030, the Energy Department today announced nearly $10 million to support research, development, and manufacturing of solid-state lighting (SSL) technologies across the country. This funding will help accelerate the development of high-quality light-emitting diode (LED) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products with the potential to reduce lighting energy use for American families and businesses by one half and enhance U.S. global competitiveness.

Based on the Energy Department’s recent report on the adoption of LEDs, Department-supported research and development over the past 10 years has helped accelerate SSL technology deployment, yielding an energy savings of $675 million in 2012. Today, available LED technology is about 150 lumens per watt; the Energy Department’s target is 250 lumens per watt – a 75% increase. Higher performing LEDS will help further reduce overall costs and increase lighting efficiency.

Today’s funding opportunity is open to applications in the following areas:
•    Core Technology Research – The Energy Department will fund projects seeking to advance applied research for technology development, with an emphasis on meeting efficacy, performance, and cost targets.
•    Product Development – The Energy Department will fund projects seeking to use basic or applied research to develop or improve commercially viable SSL materials, devices, or systems.
•    U.S. Manufacturing – The Energy Department will fund projects seeking to accelerate SSL technology adoption through manufacturing innovations and improvements that reduce costs and enhance quality and consistency.

The Department will make available up to $10 million for projects from industry, academia, and national labs.

Chinese expert decodes the Three Worlds in the LED industry

Guoqing Tang also believed 2014 will be an extraordinary year for the LED industry for 3 reasons.

China's crowded LED lighting market ripens for consolidation

Analyst predicts $7.4BN market by 2017 and an increased focus on research and development.

LED Companies IPO to Face Temporary Decline in Stock Market

Around 50 companies are expected to be listed on the Chinese bourse by the end of January, according to a statement by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on November 30th in regards to further promoting the reform of the IPO system. Among these companies, three LED companies are in the electronics industry IPO. The LED industry will be affected by the reopening of the IPO, where prospects will remain bearish in the short term while differentiating in the mid and long term, according to industry insiders.

Among the 83 companies that had already received preliminary approval, nine are from the electronic industry, three are LED companies. The three LED companies include Shenzhen Absen LED, MLS Lighting, and Kennede Electronics. Absen main operations are in LED display and LED lighting products. MLS Lighting mainly produces LED package and LED application products. Kennede mainly manufactures rechargeable backup lighting products and rechargeable fans.

The LED industry is anticipated to feel the effects of China’s reapprove of companies launching IPOs again. Many analysts believe that the stock market will temporarily decline but show differentiation in the mid and long-term. Package and LED application supply chains for example do not have high technology barriers, competition will therefore increase in intensity with vertically integrated companies emerging as winners. Top companies such as San’an Opto and Electech have production capacity and technology barriers and therefore will benefit in the LED industry.

Taiwanese large LED manufacturers had an average increase in revenue for October, mainly due to backlight market rebound and growth in lighting demand. Chinese chip manufacturers such as San’an Opto, maintained high utilization rates, according to related data.

Reopening of IPO will not have a large impact on the LED industry on a whole, said one industry insider. However, it will impact the LED panel market in second-tier cities. For companies hoping to offer IPOs to become listed companies, the reopening is a good thing. Companies hope to speed up expansion, reduce costs and seize the LED market through IPO.

Until December 2nd at 11:24, among 54 A-share listed LED companies all experienced huge plunges, while Ledman and Everfine stocks slumped to the limited legal range. Orient Crystal Optics stocks however increased 2.82 percent.

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Janne Parviainen Creates Spooky Images with LEDs

Finnish photographer Janne Parviainen has been creating spooky images with light for four years and he uses only a camera and a child’s LED torch to create his uniquely creepy photographs.

30% of 2014 revenues from LED lighting

Taiwan-based LED packaging company Everlight Electronics expects the proportion of consolidated revenues for LED lighting components and devices to increase from over 20% in 2013 to more than 30% in 2014.

LED lighting will grow faster

Ye Yinfu, chairman of the LED packaging factory Everlight, said today, the demand on LED lighting will grow faster next year.

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OFweek 10th LED Technology and Market Seminar Held Grandly

On November 15th, "OFweek 10th LED Technology and Market Seminar" and "2013 Annual Award Ceremony of OFweek LED Awards", which were sponsored by Chinese High-Tech Industry Web Portal and organized by Lights.ofweek.com and lighting.ofweek.com were successfully held in Yu Rong Hall, fourth floor, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Shenzhen. At the meeting, a number of experts gave authoritative interpretations on the future trends and the technology development of LED market.

"OFweek 10th LED Technology and Market Seminar" focused on the discussion of the two topics "Discussion on the Trend of Global LED Market and Cutting-Edge Technology " and "Innovative Development and Technology Application of the LED Industry". Nearly 300 elites of LED industry from all over the country, including technical engineers, researchers from industry associations/research institutes, analysts, university professors and business elites gathered together to discuss industry technology and market development. The discussion contents and topics of the seminar was very comprehensive and colorful.

Dr. Chen Wencheng, key expert of solid lighting application of Osram Opto Semiconductors Asia Application & Design Center made his keynote speech on "Advancement of the Global LED Cutting-edge Technology".

Dr. Zhang Wei from Zhongsheng Optoelectronics Equipment (Shanghai) Corporation Limited expressed himself in the speech "Localization Exploration of High-end LED MOCVD Equipment". He pointed out that under the grim situation that the epitaxial wafer market was sluggish and the capacity utilization rate of existing domestic imported MOCVD equipment was only about 5%, Chinese high-end LED MOCVD device had to be strengthened to enhance overall quality to seek better localization and better meet the development needs of the industry, obtain support and recognition of industrial chain to get early momentum and get support from national policy like encouraging the use of domestic products and building up national brands.

PaulBeaulieu, Vice President of Corporate Development and Power Electronics of GT Advanced Technologies shared the research results of "the Latest Technology of Reducing Production Costs of Epitaxial Wafer".

Dr. Ji Yong, president and general manager of Guizhou HaoTian Optoelectronics Technology Co.,Ltd., elaborated on the current situation and future development of sapphire industry from the aspects of LED markets and non-LED markets in his keynote speech. Dr. Ji stressed that he valued the use of technical material of sapphire substrate in LED and RFIC (radio frequency integrated circuits ) very much. As for the non-LED market, he mainly introduced the applications of sapphire in aerospace, optical equipment and other civil industries, such as a variety of instruments, Windows scanner, lens cap, cell phone screens, meter cover and bearing, etc.

Sun Jiaxin, the marketing and product manager of APT Electronics Ltd., pointed out in his keynote speech "Chip-Level LED Light Source and light Engine Technology" that the overall development patterns of the whole LED lighting market showed severe homogenized competition, which mainly laid in pathway and brands. He said that the development direction of the lighting market should focus on LCDTV backlighting and general lighting market and the enhancement of Lm/$. He stressed that the luminous efficiency of organic EL (OLED) lighting might surpass LED in the future market.

Feng Hui, senior analyst of LED industry from OFweek Industry Research Center, made the report " Research and Development Forecast Report On Chinese LED Indoor Illumination Market from 2013 to 2017", in which he pointed out that it was expected by OFweek industry research center that Chinese LED interior lighting market would maintain rapid growth in 2013 and 2014. The output value of Chinese LED interior lighting was expected to grow by 46% in 2013, to reach RMB45.6 billion and RMB64.8 billion in 2014. Meanwhile, OFweek industry research center believed that the price of LED indoor lighting products would decrease significantly with the launching of a large number of related products by domestic and foreign semiconductor lighting enterprises and the price of Chinese LED indoor lighting products was expected to decreased by 20% from 2013 to 2014 on annual basis.

Wen xinghua, South China Sales Director of Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., made the keynote speech " LED Module Offers Different Light Efficacy and Quality". In his speech, Director Wen pointed out that modular product was the best solution for the impossible task that one person should master the various processes of LED from upstream to downstream, different processes and performance of various raw materials from epitaxy, chip, packaging, processing to the LED lamps lighting design. Modular products could circumvent the internal complex aspects, present functional device to the users and be user-friendly for developing new products and would become the inevitable trend of future development.

In the end, Dr. Fu Xiaohui, general manager of Huagao Intelligent Control & Power Technology Co., Ltd, made a wonderful presentation of "intelligent lighting" in his keynote speech "LED Wireless Intelligent Lighting Control Technology and Application". He said that the so-called "intelligence" was to have a sense of perception, change as the environment changes, have the interact ability to accept manual control and monitoring and have the ability of automatic control and response. In order to realize the value of intelligent lighting, it had to obtain good user experience, be healthy and safety and be in line with the user's lifestyle.

Lights.ofweek.com has previously held nine seminars with the related themes, all of which have been participated and highly recognized by people of the industry. The scale of this seminar is unprecedented and has surpassed the previous ones. All the guests spoke highly of the meeting, and the engineers said on the scene that professional technology and new product development programs of the enterprises giving the speeches had provided more ideas for products development and more opportunities for expanding the markets of the products for them and the meeting had promoted the communication and interaction of the professionals of LED industry.

After the seminars, the experts discussed about know-how and hotspots of the industry through high-end speech and interaction forms, from different aspects of market and technology applications.

"2013 Annual Award Ceremony of OFweek LED Awards" has kicked off under very hot scene atmosphere, with many benchmark enterprises gathering together.

It was reported that under the spirit of "fairness, justness and openness" principle and after several months of intense evaluation, the award ceremony, which had lasted for four months and the sponsor had devoted a lot of time and effort on since the very start of registration had finally chosen out 29 LED award winners(including both enterprises and individuals), as follow:

OFweek 10h LED Technology and Market Seminar Held Grandly

0OFweek LED Awards 2013 The Best LED Chip Technology Innovation Award（Rank excluding successively）：
EPISTAR Corporation
HC SemiTek Corporation
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

　　OFweek LED Awards 2013 The Best LED Material Technology Innovation Award（Rank excluding successively）：
Guizhou Haotian Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Helf Advanced Material Technology Co., ltd.
Shenzhen Grandlux Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.

　　OFweek LED Awards 2013 The Best LED Packaging Technology Innovation Award（Rank excluding successively）：
Shenzhen Refond Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
Shanghai CREE Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
APT Electronics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

　　OFweek LED Awards 2013 The Best LED Drive Technology Innovation Award（Rank excluding successively）：
Shenzhen Huagao Intelligent Control & Power Technology Co., Ltd.
SHINEON (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd.
Macroblock Inc.
Inventronics (Hangzhou) Inc.

　　OFweek LED Awards 2013 The Best LED Equipment Technology Innovation Award（Rank excluding successively）：
Tang Optoelectronics Equipment Corporation
Beijing NMC Co., Ltd.

　　OFweek LED Awards 2013 The Best Led Lighting Product Award（Rank excluding successively）：
Shenzhen Spark Optoelectronics S&T Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu TIWIN Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
Huizhou BYD LIGHTING Co., Ltd.
Guangdong PAK Corporation Co., Ltd.

　　OFweek LED Awards 2013 The Best LED Display Award （Rank excluding successively）：
Shenzhen Liantronics Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Ledman Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Absen Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.

　　OFweek LED Awards 2013 Annual Cutting-Edge Character（Rank excluding successively）：
Ji Yong Chairman of the Board
Guizhou Haotian Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.

Xiao Guowei　CEO
Guangzhou APT Electronics Co., Ltd.

Zhou Peng Chairman of the Board
Shenzhen Hipower Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.

Xiao Ling Chairman of the Board
Shenzhen Collesun Lighting Co., Ltd.

Gong Wen Managing Director
SHENZHEN JINGTAI Co., Ltd.

Xie Yongjun Chairman of the Board
Sichuan Jiuzhou Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.

On the award ceremony, Wen Shangsheng, director of the information display and photovoltaic technology department of South China University of Technology and director of semiconductor lighting ( LED ) committee of Guangdong Lighting Electrical Association, Zhu Mudao, vice secretary - general of Taiwan photoelectric Semiconductor Industry Association, Qian Keyuan, professor of Shenzhen Graduate School of Tsinghua University, Peng Wenda, professor of the photoelectric Engineering College of Shenzhen University, and Li Xiang, CEO of OFweek gave the awards to the winning enterprises. Cheers and applause at the scene pushed the ceremony atmosphere to the climax again and again.

After the ceremony, "OFweek2013 China LED CEO Salon" was held. Elites opened their heart to discuss management, development and provide suggestions on how can enterprises achieve sustainable development. Here in the forefront of Shenzhen, we have the most cutting-edge voice, the most vivid case, the key persons and the most inclusive culture. By then, the one-day "OFweek 10th LED Forward-looking Technology and Market Seminar" has been successfully ended.

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OFweek's information covers 11 high-tech areas, including LED, solar PV, optical communication, laser, optics, optoelectronic display, electronics engineering, industrial control, smart grid, instrument and meter, energy conservation. Each area has an independent sub-site which is also industry-leading. OFweek provides users with abundant highly-valued real-time reports, original articles and picture information in the high-tech industry and has become the most influential web portal and service platform in the high-tech industry in China since 2006. For more information, please visit http://en.ofweek.com

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OFweek LED (lights.ofweek.com) is a leading professional media that dedicated to providing marketing and engineering analysis for home & abroad LED industries, and enhancing competitiveness of Chinese LED industry. Equipped with a professional team of technical editors and analysts who share their in-depth views about advanced technologies and dynamics of the LED industry, the website provides industry insiders and enterprises worldwide with abundant real-time industry information and market analysis, feasibility/investment analysis, output data, industry forecast as well as a platform for technical exchanges and business services. With contents covering all fields of LED industry, OFweek LED has become a well-known professional media for its leading website traffic, brand influence, customer satisfaction in China. For more information, please visit http://en.ofweek.com/led-lighting-news

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LED For TV Backlight Applications Price Plunge Eases in 4Q13

According to 4Q13 LED price trend report from an authoritive wedsite, LED prices for backlight applications overall declined stably at 3-6% in 4Q13. LED prices for lighting applications also maintained a slow downward slide.

ITRI: Patent Issues about Taiwanese LED Manufacturers

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)pointed out patent issues that Taiwanese LED Manufacturers Should Beware Of.

Weak Smartphone Christmas Orders cause LEDs for Smartphones to Fall 6-8% in 4Q13

Although mid and large sized LED backlight market was affected by the economic downturn, LED prices for backlight applications overall declined stably at 3-6% in 4Q13, according to LEDinside’s 4Q13 LED price trend report.

LED floodlight has been widely used to our cities

Our city is bright and beautiful and full of life at night，with the help of the lights especially the LED floodlight，The high-rise buildings are glamorous.

LED floodlight is the light source radiating in all directions. It is composed of a specific point for illuminating, which is the same as the highlights the candles bring，the LED floodlight contributes to the researchers who have been carefully researching and developing. Its irradiation area can be adjusted to form the variety of sources, the diversified colors give different effects to bring out a beautiful sight. The lighting effect of the LED floodlight is more charming than in the daytime. However, three-dimensional lighting does not mean floodlighting. It simply does not contrast.

When choosing some buildings, the surface of the building the LED floodlights illuminate must have a certain reflection so that the light can be well good reflected and we can see the brightness. The best performance of the building surface reflection is the diffuse reflection in order to achieve the desired results. When designing and installing the LED floodlight, we'd better consider the beauty of the scene and not blindly install, as too much more LED floodlight can not be establish next to the building，if not，the effect is not so nice. Moreover the temperament of the building itself would be lost.

LED floodlight is designed with a smaller current, the light should not be too hot when used. If its ambient temperature increases, then it's red main wave will down, consistency variation, which will make it loses the beauty， resulting in that the economic value of the LED floodlight is relatively low.

Nowadays，the LED floodlight and LED tube light are the most widely used as the representatives of the decorative lighting and the home lighting in daily life，the LED tube light enjoys a great popularity in our corridor, restaurants, shopping, leisure and entertainment, galleries, exhibition halls and other indoor environments everywhere, the LED floodlight is mainly used in city squares, parks, stadiums, the facades of large commercial buildings and hotel, stage, waiting rooms, airports etc. where the higher brightness is needed to illuminate,meanwhile，there a large number of factory engaging in developing and producing the LED light，Lead Lighting is just one of them，which adopts high brightness SMD as the light source of the LED tube and highly integrated and high brightness COB as the light source of the LED flood lights so that fully guaranteed stable and soft light of the LED tube light and octahedron breadth and brightness irradiation range of the LED flood light, while low voltage constant current driver ensure the AC can be converted into the DC to improve energy efficiency of the LED tube light and LED floodlight and reduce the waste heat energy and stroboscopic effect exciting the human eye, the most important is that the LED lighting without adding mercury and other heavy metals harmful to our body and pollution the environment, that's why the LED light is Known as energy-saving and environmental protection. Login http://en.ofweek.com to learn more features and uses of the LED tubelight and surf http://en.ofweek.com/products to know more awesome LED floodlight and other LED lighting.

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How to Add LED Flood Light Life ?

Since the LED flood light with high technology is introduced into our daily life,our life is filled with the bright and comfortable light. It comes in various types and specifications. Many varieties of patterns of the products available in the markets and online stores. When you have the requirement,you can select the lights online without stepping out of the house.

These lights are environmentally friendly owing to the energy saving features. Single 30 watt high power LEDs produce the same amount of light as a 150 watt halogen bulb. Such a device boasts a protective front face,which has been created in a transparent glass. There is also a led flood light with sensor claims to be completely waterproof and as such, weather resistant.

The LED flood light and LED tube as well as other LEDs are also have the properties of long life span. That is to say,once you own it,you have no trouble of a sudden broken of the lights just using for a short period. If you need an LED flood to work in hard to reach areas you will be pleased to know that they only need changing once every ten years.

Your ownership can be very low in this sense. Besides,another great benefit is the fact that LEDs don't produce much heat. This means that they can be left on a lot longer than the standard flood bulb and it will never over heat. They are bright enough for us to learn or entertain as well. And a LED flood light also protective to the fixture and surface from damage.

Above of all,the LED flood light technology entitled it diversity of properties and features suitable for us. They are designed to be varying patterns and purposes. It is high time for you to own LED flood light,LED tube and others. You are advised to know more detailed information and thus select from the various products in the website: http://en.ofweek.com/products where huge selection and super service can be provided.

LEDs to light the Sistine Chapel's Michelangelo frescoes

Osram's lighting business has announced that it will be retrofitting the lighting in the Rome, Italy Sistine Chapel, using LED-based fixtures to highlight the Michelangelo frescoes. The project, involving custom-designed fixtures optimized for beam control and with a color spectrum that will highlight the pigmentation in the frescoes, will be completed next year, although a pilot project entitled LED4Art has already proven the concept.

While LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) has long offered efficiency advantages compared to legacy sources, it's a fairly recent development in which LED fixtures have become accepted in museum or historical settings where artwork is omnipresent. "Art presents the most demanding requirements on light," said Peter Laier, Osram CTO. "Following the globally unique lighting solution in the Lenbachhaus Museum in Munich, the world-renowned frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are now being subjected to the same extremely high lighting specifications, once again underlining the authority of Osram as integrated lighting expert operating in accordance with maximum specifications."

In the case of the Sistine Chapel, LED lighting will provide an immediate improvement in terms of the visitor experience. Views of the historic work have been hampered by the fact that the prior lighting was limited to 5–10 lx on the frescoes, combined in the daytime with natural light. Low light levels were in part used to ensure minimal degradation of the paintings, although the cathedral caretakers also wanted to ensure that the artificial light did not contrast with the natural light in terms of direction and focus.

The new lighting will be aimed precisely in the same direction as the natural light with the fixtures hidden below windows. The SSL project will ensure uniform lighting with no glare, although illuminance levels will rise to 50 to 100 lx — a level typical of museum lighting of artwork. That level will provide a much better viewing experience while still minimizing degradation of the work, especially since LEDs don't emit energy in the UV band.

Despite the much higher light levels, Osram said that the new lighting will reduce energy consumption by more than 60%. The savings are due both to the efficiency of LEDs, and to precise beam control that will minimize light spill.

The European Subsidy Program for Information and Communication Technology within the Framework Program on Competitiveness and Innovation (PSP-CIP) subsidized the LED4Art pilot project. Osram is coordinating the project and other participants include the University of Pannonia in Hungary, the Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya in Spain, and the planning offices of Faber Technica in Italy.